Hair-curler.



No.. 728,422. PATENTBD ,MAX 19 19.03.

J. D. SMITH. HAIR GURLER.

APLIOATIOI FILED SEPT. 5. 1902.

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UNITED STATES- l, Patented May 19, 1903.

JOHN DENNISTON SMITH, OF DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

HAIR-CURLER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,422, dated May 19, 1903.

Application led September 5, 1902. Serial No. 122,269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, JOHN DENNIsToN SMITH,

bour Terrace, Dunedin, New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Improved yHair Curler and Vaver, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to-devices for curling and waving the hair on the head.

It consists of the features and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a front view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side view of same, showing one member partially withdrawn. Fig. 3 is a front view of the device, showing same member withdrawn to its full extent. Fig. 4 is a front view of the device in another form. Fig. 5 is an end View of same, showing one member partially withdrawn. Fig. 6 is' a front view of same with same member withdrawn to its full extent. Fig. 7 is a plan of thecap 7 shown in Fig. Ll.

The device consists of a member with legs 3 3, twisted cross-piece or cap 7, and guides 5 5, adapted to allow the legs l 1 of another member to slide therethrough. The said legs l 1 are provided With spear-points 6 6 to prevent the legs 1 1 from being wholly withdrawn from the guides 5 5 and yet so that said points 6 6 may readily enter and be withdrawn from the hair. The sliding member has ahead 2, that may be laid hold of for lmanipulating it.

Fig. 4 illustrates the invention with a cap 7 to legs 3 3, provided with lugs 8, perforated to form guides 5 for the legs 1 1, which slide through said lugs in a plane substantially at right angles to that of the legs 3 3. l In operation the sliding member is wholly withdrawn or drawn back until the spear-points 6 6 when used are stopped by the guides 5 5. The end ot the hair to be curled is inserted between the legs 3 3. The device is then revolved, with the' result 'that the hair is wound or curled around the outside of said legs 3 3 until the device is as close to theV head as is de-` sired. The legs 1 1 of the sliding member are then thrust through the mass of curled hair as far as they will go and prevent the hair from unwinding or uncurling. After the device has remained in the hair for such time as the wearer desires the device is withdrawn.

The device is used as a Waver with the legs 1 1lwithdrawn, 'the hair being waved in and out over the legs 3 3 until the end of thetress is reached, when the device is turned around, and the legs 1 1 are then thrust through the mass. The loose end of the tress is thus brought under one of the legs 1 1 and is thereby kept in place. The method of withdrawal is the same as when the device is used as a curler.

The legs of the member 3 3 are separate and parallel, as nearlyl as practicable, and have considerable outward spring in them, so that they will resist compression, and thereby crease or indent the tress of hair where the latter is in contact with the legs. It will be seen that the device is so constructed that when it is in the hair the legs 1 1 and 3 3 oer no .obstacle to withdrawal from the hair, and the points 6 6 are made spear-pointed with the like object. The cap 7 does not enter thel hair, but lies outside of it. In withdrawal the legs 1 1 come out first, and the points 6 6 meeting the cap 7 operate to pull out the legs 3 3. i

Hinged or pivoted devices heretofore used break at the hinges or pivots and hair catches in them, rendering it difficult and painful to withdraw such devices. My device with the twistedwire guides r 5 5 (shown in Fig. 1) is liable to catch the hair unless the strands are close the crevices'lbetween them.

.v1 am aware of Letters Patent No. 568,175,

granted to J. Taylor, in which there is a stem composed of two arms or bars pivoted to a slider by means of Va rivet, and the arms of the stemv 'are adapted to be opened out in re'- lation to one another at their outer ends for the purpose of clasping the hair. These arms are then closed uponthe hair` and the hair is wound around them. The objection toTaylors invention is that the hair is caught' by and in the pivot .and between the armsjand the 'pivot and the slider is caught in the hair when withdrawing the device. Now my invention obviates these defects, and it is essen- ICO tial that the prongs should be separate and especially for waving the hair, the outward spring of the prongs being necessary to crease the hair. The catching of the hair is a source of pain to the users and is completely done away with by my invention, which is especially designed not to afford any means for catching. It is also designed to be Withdrawn easily and freely, as the prongs, being perfectly smooth, slide through the hair, and the points are made spear-pointed for easy Withdrawal from the hair.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the sanne is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. A hair curler and Waver consisting of in combination a spring two-pronged member provided with a guide on each side of its closed end and a second spring pronged member slidable through said guides substantially as described.

2. A hair curler and Waver consisting of in combination a spring two-pronged member provided with a guide on each side of its closed end and a second spring pronged member slidable through said guides in a plane substantially at right angles to that of the other pronged member substantially as de scribed.

3. A hair curler and waver consisting of in combination a spring two-pronged member provided with a cap oppositely-placed perforated guiding-lugs in said cap arranged in a plane at right angles to the plane of the prongs and a slidable spring two-pronged member adapted to slide through said lugs in a plane substantially at right angles to that of the other pronged member substantially as described.

4. A hair curler and Waver consisting of in combination a spring two-pronged member provided with a cap oppositely-placed perforated guiding-lugs in said cap arranged in a planeat right angles to the plane ofthe prongs and a slidable spear-pointed spring twopronged member adapted to slide backward and forward in said lugs in a plane substantially at right angles to that of the other pronged member substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DENNISTON SMITH.

Witnesses:

A. J. PARK, J. R. PARK. 

